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Office of Civil Rights
FAIR HOUSING CHALLENGE
Discrimination or Not?

How much do you know about Fair Housing? Try this quiz to find out!
 (For tips, see our What is Fair Housing? page.)


  1. Joshua, who is black, calls many times about a rental ad, but nobody calls back. His white friend Devin phones the same number and is called back.


  2. Apartment manager Ryan tells the Garcias that their family must live in Building C, where the other families with kids live.


  3. Landlord Jessica has had problems with teens who belong to gangs and cause damage. She decides not to rent to families with teenagers.


  4. Daniel (who is disabled) and Alyssa (who is not) rent 1-bedroom apartments on the same day. Daniel is charged a $300 damage deposit and Susie is charged $200.


  5. The Rainbow Apartments swimming pool rules have different swim hours for children and for adults.


  6. The West Sound Apartments do not allow residents to smoke.


  7. The Fir Tree Apartments doesn't allow anyone under 15 to use their fitness room equipment.


  8. Mr. al Bakar complains that the pool man from a hired company said offensive things about his accent and turban. The manager doesn't do anything because the pool man is not his employee.


  9. Mrs. Tanaka has a state disabled parking permit for her car. She asks for a reserved parking space close to her front door. The manager says he has to treat all residents the same and can't give her special privileges.


  10. Kaitlyn, who is low income, has a Section 8 voucher to help pay her rent. She calls about a rental, and the landlord says he won't accept Section 8.


  11. The apartment manager stops doing Matthew's repairs after finding out that Matthew is HIV positive.


  12. After the Franklins move out of Tyler's apartment, they file a discrimination complaint against him. Tyler tells his current residents that he'll evict them if he sees the Franklin's son Brandon visiting there.
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Updated: Apr. 26, 2006

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